1908.] Agriculture in Argentina. 



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The Board have received through the Foreign Office some 

 information as to the conditions of agriculture in the Argentine 

 Republic, which has been supplied by Mr. 

 Agriculture in A. Carnegie Ross, His Majesty's Consul at 

 Argentina. Buenos Aires. 



Live Stock.- — It is estimated that the 

 number of live stock in the country is as follows : cattle, 

 26,000,000; sheep, 77,000,000; horses, 5,500,000; mules 

 and asses, 500,000 ; pigs, 3,000,000 ; and goats, 2,500,000. 

 The imports of pedigree stock are very large, but during 1907 

 the receipts of cattle and sheep were less than in previous years. 

 The figures for the first nine months of the past three years are 

 as follows : — 





1907. 



1906. 



1905. 



Cattle- 









Shorthorn 



1,138 



2,025 



1,094 



Hereford 



39 



83 



56 



Jersey ... 



9 



10 



4 



Other breeds ... 



43 



124 



29 



Total 



1,229 



2,242 



1,183 



Sheep — 









Lincoln 



2,324 



3,652 



2,43° 



Rambouillet ... 



62 



39 



19 



Shropshire 



112 



82 



125 



Hampshire 



31 



353 



154 



Other breeds ... 



131 



303 



35i 



Total 



2,660 



4,429 



3,o79 



Horses — 









Racers... 



158 



193 



120 



Clydesdale 



114 



172 



64 



Hackneys 



29 



36 



40 



Yorkshire 



7 



9 



24 



Other breeds ... 



295 



343 



79 



Total ... 



Donkeys ... ... ... ... 



Rigs 



603 



753 



327 



86 

 75o 



194 



28 



H3 

 130 



There is also a demand for poultry, geese, ducks and turkeys 

 of good strains. 



Crops. — Wheat, linseed, maize and oats are the principal 

 crops. The area under wheat in 1907 was 14,782,000 acres, 

 under linseed 3,089,000 acres, and under oats 553,000 acres. 

 This season the weather has been most propitious, and the 



